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Sophia Smith became the youngest USWNT player to score a hat trick as they dominated Uzbekistan 9-1 in the first of two friendly matches. Well done to the Uzbek’s as it took nearly half an hour before their defense broke, but after that the flood gates opened with 7 different US players scoring. The visitor’s single goal ended a US home 2-year shutout streak at 1,632 minutes.